HU 101I: First-Year Writing for Biology Majors
Course Schedule Fall 1999

Note: I reserve the right to revise the syllabus and/or course schedule to better serve your needs.

Week 1
TU 9/7 Activity- Representations of nature, science, and medicine
General introductions and syllabus information
Form pairs for organism observation (section R01 only)
Assignment-Read A Guide to Succeeding pages 7-23, & 32-33, & 40-43
Assignment- Read Coming Plague chapters 9 and 10

TH 9/9 Sign up for Learning Center appointments- groups of 4 (section R01 only)
Discuss A Guide to Succeeding
Discuss Coming Plague
Discuss how to do reading responses
Assignment- Read Coming Plague chapter 11, pages 281-334

Week 2
TU 9/14 Discuss group organization, responsibilities and interactions
Discuss reading
Assignment- Read Constructing Nature pages 3-13, 15-24, 81-82, 111-117, and 127-144 and discuss readings on NetForum by 9:00am on 9/16

TH 9/16 Assign Children’s story project (due 9/21)
Read over example stories
In-class workday on stories

Week 3
TU 9/21 Children’s story due/ share and present stories informally
Assignment- Read Constructing Nature 149-151, 162-167, 176-196, & 197-217
Assignment- Read Guide to Writing About Biology pages 164-173 & 183-194

TH 9/23 Assign and discuss Deliberative Writing project (proposal due 9/30, 1st draft
due 10/19, 2nd draft due in conference week 9)
Discuss Guide readings and questions about oral report on lab project proposal
Discuss other reading assignment

Week 4
TU 9/28 Group oral presentations on proposed hypothesis and experimental design for
biology lab project (Dr. Glime attending)
Conference sign-ups for Week 5 to discuss Deliberative proposals
Discuss questions about Deliberative Writing project/proposal (if time allows)

TH 9/30 Deliberative Writing project proposal due
In-class peer feedback/ workshop session
Assignment- Read Constructing Nature pages 215-249, 257-267, & 312-315 and discuss on NetForum by 9am on 10/7
Assignment- Read Guide to Writing about Biology p. 174-182

Week 5
TU 10/5 Class canceled for individual conferences

TH 10/7 "Watch And the Band Played On"
Assignment- Read Coming Plague pages 334-389 (2nd half of chapter 11)
Assignment- Write a response that compares film to reading

Week 6
TU 10/12 Discuss film, reading, and responses
Assignment- Read Constructing Nature pages 319-347, 371-381, and 389-407,
or 408-425 Respond to two or more articles on NetForum by 10/15 at 9am

TH 10/14 Library Day- Meet in 1st floor lobby of J. Robert Van Pelt Library

Week 7
TU 10/19 First draft of Deliberative Writing project due
In-class peer feedback/ workshop session
Assignment- Read Guide to Writing about Biology p. 52- 140

TH 10/21 Discuss Guide to Writing about Biology p. 52- 140
Discuss questions/problems with group lab report projects
In-class workday for groups (BRING ALL NEEDED MATERIALS!)

Week 8
TU 10/26 Complete draft of group lab project reports due (Bring 2 copies per group)
Conference sign-ups for Week 9

TH 10/28 Library workday- help in locating additional required sources, individual/ group questions (MEET IN LIBRARY)
Assignment- Read Coming Plague chapter 14 and respond on NetForum
by 11/8 at 9am

Week 9
TU 11/2 Class canceled for individual conferences (2nd draft of Deliberative project
due at your conference)

TH 11/4 Class canceled for individual conferences (2nd draft of Deliberative project
due at your conference)

Week 10
TU 11/9 Color coding revision activity (Bring 2 copies of your paper)
Assignment- Write up a brief summary of activity findings (due 11/11)

TH 11/11 In-class written evaluations and feedback
Final Project and portfolio workshops

Finals Week, Wednesday, November 17
Final Deliberative Writing project, Portfolio, and Cover Memo due in my office by 12 noon.